HevriaCast: Talking With Awesome Creative Jews
If you're fascinated by creativity in a Jewish context, join Elad Nehorai as he talks to some of the Jewish world's most fascinating creative Jews about their work, their lives, and their relationship to their religion. Rather than an interview format, these are freewheeling, intimate discussions about anything and everything.
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- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 52
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2019
Episode 32: Basya Schechter
What the heck is music exactly? Why does it touch some part of us that feels beyond earthly? Why is it so connected to prayer?
In this episode, the legendary Basya Schechter joins Elad to discuss al…
00:59:58 |
Sun 25 Feb 2018
Episode 31: Irwin Kula
How does one live creatively? How do we make our life a piece of art? And why is it so hard? These are the questions that form the basis for this discussion with Irwin Kula in this week's HevriaCast.…
01:04:50 |
Mon 05 Feb 2018
Episode 30: Isaiah Rothstein
What happens when we start actually giving voice to those who don't fit with the prevailing mainstream narrative of a culture? What happens when it's a culture with a distinct narrative pushed by th…
01:15:52 |
Sun 28 Jan 2018
Episode 29: Asher Lovy
Asher Lovy, abuse advocate and writer, sits down with Elad to talk about how activism and creativity are connected, his road to choosing take on activism, whether you need negativity to inspire art, …
01:06:57 |
Sun 07 Jan 2018
Episode 28: Ari Hershkowitz
A few months ago, the documentary "One of Us" came out on Netflix, and shook the orthodox world along with its release. The movie detailed the stories of three young Jews who had made the decision t…
01:03:47 |
Sun 31 Dec 2017
Episode 27: Jon Madof
What started off as a friendly chat between two mutual admirers of each other's creativity quickly turned into something far more intense. As Jon Madof (lead guitarist of the band Zion80) started dis…
01:07:44 |
Sun 24 Dec 2017
Episode 26: Jeremy Borovitz
Jeremy Borovitz, leader of Base Berlin and Brooklyn Beit Midrash, drops in to speak with Elad about how he became orthodox, how the Talmud and creativity have so much in common, and how to balance be…
01:00:35 |
Sun 03 Dec 2017
Episode 25: Rivka Nehorai
Elad meets his match! In this episode of HevriaCast, Elad interviews and speaks with his wife, Rivka. Rivka is an artist, writer, and much more. In this episode, they discuss everything from how Cha…
01:06:26 |
Sun 26 Nov 2017
Episode 24: Eitan Press
What does it mean to be masculine? And to live that masculinity out in a Jewish way?
These are the questions that led Eitan Press to found Aleph Male, a new beard balm company that's been making wa…
01:08:54 |
Mon 20 Nov 2017
Episode 23: Yocheved Sidof
Is creativity just therapy? What does creativity offer to the world... and to creatives? Is there a way for creativity to truly be Jewish?
In this episode, Yocheved Sidof, founder of Lamplighters Y…
01:01:22 |
Sun 05 Nov 2017
Episode 22: Rachel Kann
Rachel Kann, one of Hevria's original writers, finally joins Elad in the studio for this episode of HevriaCast. Rachel brings her sparkling, powerful energy to this episode, discussing everything fr…
01:09:14 |
Mon 30 Oct 2017
Episode 21: Dalia Shusterman Returns
After taking a break for Tishrei, HevriaCast returns with its first second-time guest: Dalia Shusterman. In her first visit to HevriaCast, Dalia told us how she became a musician. In this episode, s…
01:03:44 |
Sun 22 Oct 2017
Episode 20: Yisroel Arye Gootblatt
What can Chassidus teach us about music? What can music teach us about Chassidus? And how does one make sure to tap into a holy part of themselves when they create any form of art?
In this episode…
01:03:02 |
Mon 28 Aug 2017
Episode 19: Chloé Valdary
Can politics and creativity coexist? And if they can, where do they meet in an authentic way?
In this episode of HevriaCast, Chloé Valdary, an outspoken voice in the world of Zionism and someone kn…
01:00:01 |
Sun 20 Aug 2017
Episode 18 - Dalia Shusterman
Dalia Shusterman, one of the two members of the revolutionary Bulletproof Stockings, a Hasidic band made up only of women that made a big splash when they started playing big venues with one requirem…
01:10:00 |
Sun 13 Aug 2017
Episode 17: Stephanie Wellen Levine
This week, Hevria's own Stephanie Wellen Levine joins Elad in the studio. And, if you know anything about Stephanie and Elad, you'll know exactly what the topic of this week was: death.
From why no…
01:04:47 |
Mon 07 Aug 2017
Episode 16: Ian Leifer
The Jewish Woodstock. That's what the Times of Israel calls Ian Leifer's fabulously ambitious Jewish music festival, The Camping Trip, taking place this weekend. And with a lineup including Matisyah…
01:06:26 |
Mon 31 Jul 2017
Episode 15: Saul Sudin
What's the difference between being an artist making Jewish art and a Jew who does art? In this latest HevriaCast episode, Saul Sudin (co-producer of "Punk Jews" and co-founder of Jewish Art Now) ex…
01:01:24 |
Tue 25 Jul 2017
Episode 14: Erika Dreifus
While many of HevriaCast's recent guests have been discussing how to make Judaism more creative, Erika Dreifus's mission has been to make the creative world more Jewish.
Erika has been blogging back…
00:58:09 |
Mon 17 Jul 2017
Episode 13: Rochel Spangenthal
"I find people to be the most beautiful things in the world."
This quote from this week's HevriaCast is perhaps the best way to sum up our guest: Rochel Spangenthal. Rochel, the first regular Hevri…
00:57:37 |
Tue 27 Jun 2017
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